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HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

NAVA RAIPUR, ATAL NAGAR, RAIPUR (CHATTISGARH)

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:

Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) was

established under the Hidayatullah National University

of Law, Chhattisgarh, Act, (No. 10 of 2003) 2003. It is

recognized by the University Grants Commission u/s

2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956 and also by the

Bar Council of India u/s 7 (1) of the Advocates Act,

1961. Named after one of the great legal luminaries of

India Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, HNLU was

established in May 2003 by the Government of

Chhattisgarh with a view to impart and advance legal

education by engaging in teaching and research, and to

develop among students a sense of responsibility to

serve the society in the field of law by taking to

advocacy and reforms in law and justice administration

system.

HNLU is the first National Level Institute established

in the new State of Chhattisgarh in the year 2003 and

was the sixth among the current law universities

established in the country. With a vibrant student

community of 950 under graduate, post graduate and

research scholars, HNLU is a front line law school in

the country. Hon’ble Mr. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arun

Mishra, Judge, Supreme Court of India is the Visitor

and Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon,

Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh is the

Chancellor. Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan is the Vice-

Chancellor of the University and Dr.Ayan Hazra is the

Registrar in charge of the University.

VICE-CHANCELLOR

PROF. (DR.) V.C. VIVEKANANDAN

REGISTRAR (I/C)

DR. AYAN HAZRA

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INFRASTRUCTURE:

The circular academic and administrative block has

been built on the design of the Parliament of India and

is fully equipped with the State-of-the-art

infrastructure, modern teaching aids and equipments

important for academic pursuits.

It has a unique Amphitheatre at its center which is like

the Amphitheatre of Athens (Greece). The

Amphitheatre can accommodate more than 1000

people at a time and is tastefully used for cultural

activities/common gatherings.

It also has an air-conditioned Conference Hall having

acoustic treatment and a seating capacity of 400

persons. The University has 21 air-conditioned class-

rooms fitted with modern teaching aids and equipments

which create a quality academic environment. It has a

well-equipped and fully air-conditioned Computer Lab

with internet facility. The Computer Lab is furnished

with computer, modern furniture / cubicles. The Law

Studio is under commission and will be operational

from July 2020.

The University provides a fully Wi-Fi enabled campus

with a dedicated team of IT professionals working

round the clock. The language lab equipped with

modern gadgets and learning tools helps in improving

the writing and presentation skills of the students. The

university has newly constructed Women Facility

Centre, Hostel for Female Research Scholars, Guest

House, Canteen, Full-fledged Bank, two ATMs and

Utility Centre.

HALLS OF RESIDENCE:

As a fully residential university, HNLU has separate

Halls of Residence for boys and girls. The first year

students are given an accommodation of two in one

room for both boys and girls in the hostels. From

second year to fifth year students are given

accommodation of single rooms in the hostels having a

capacity of 800 rooms furnished with cots, tables and

storage space. The University has a separate PG

Hostel for Girls having a capacity to accommodate 30

students. Further, there are two more hostels

constructed for both boys and girls.

The hostels on campus have a boys and girls dining

halls with a seating capacity of 150 each. The single

room hostels have a balcony to individual room and a

courtyard. All the floors have water coolers and a

centralized RO plant is under commission. The solar

heater equipped with alternate electrical heater supplies

water to the shower rooms. Both Boys and Gils have a

state of the art Gymnasium in the central hostels with

indoor badminton courts. There is also a recreational

TV room and table tennis facility. Outdoor badminton

courts and basket ball net practice is under

construction.

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SPORTS

The University has a full-fledged football ground,

Cricket field, law tennis, two basketball courts and one

volley ball court. The Colossus sports festival attract

participation across the country. The University is

commissioning outdoor basketball net practice in the

hostel complex and yoga center in the coming

academic year.

MEDICAL FACILITIES

The University has a visiting doctor every day in the

evening with a functional dispensary and emergency

medicine available with the wardens. The University

has two separate ambulances parked one each at the

boys and the girls hostel. The Ramakrishna hospital

which is around 15 minutes from the University is a

multi-specialty hospital catering to the needs of the

HNLU fraternity. The city of Raipur has AIIMS which

is a high-specialty medical complex.

TRANSPORT

The University has three buses of 50 seater capacity

which shuttles in the evening from campus to city

centre at periodic intervals. The transport fees of the

university entitles the students for a ride to shop and

meet their food and entertainment needs in the city.

Apart from the University transport the city transport

corporation runs buses every 20 mintues from the main

road in front of the campus gate to the city centre.

The Modern airport of Raipur- Swami Vivekananda

airport is 15 mintues drive from the campus and the

Raipur railway station is 35 km. from the campus.

FOOD COURT

Apart from the dining hall, the University has multi-

need complex where eight shops are operated on

contract basis selling snacks, ice creams, beverages and

minor needs. The campus has also a coffee day outlet

in the shopping complex. The hostels do have a small

canteen outlet catering till 2 a.m.

CULTURAL SPACE

The University is a diverse space for students across

the country living, studying and learning. There are

students from every state and union territory imparting

the unity in diversity spirit. The student imitative of

Colossus is a three day festival of culture and sports,

/The festival attracts students across the country. The

festival has exposition of students creative talents of

western, classical and folk genre in music and dance.

LEGAL AID

The student and faculty initiative of legal aid clinic has

a long tradition at HNLU where the students actively

involved in visiting prisons, courts and related places

for hands on training and learning. There is a faculty

coordinator involved in planning and hand holding

such exercises. The committee also involves in

periodic blood donation activities at campus.

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RESEARCH CENTRES

The University is revamping the research centres

headed by faculty and involving young student scholars

to participate in contemporary advocacy. The research

policy is undergoing a major direction revamp and the

focus areas identified are A. IPR B. Cyber laws C.

Constitutional issues D. Corporate laws E.

International Law F. Environmental law G. Gender

Studies H. Indigenous people rights

LIBRARY: The University has a beautifully designed

three-storied library with air-conditioned reading halls

having a seating capacity of 600 students at a time. The

structure of the University library is similar to the

library of London School of Economics. The library

has numerous modern stacks with varied and rich

collection of text books, journals, reference books and

periodicals. The library regularly subscribes to the

useful legal databases such as Manupatra, Westlaw,

HEIN Online, SCC Online, AIR Webworld, LexisNexis,

JSTOR, etc. for the benefit of the students, research

scholars and faculty members as well. It also houses

environment-friendly spacious lounges which are just

below the open-to-sky area protected from rain and

direct sunlight by transparent polymer sheets. All day

long, this area of the library is lighted by natural light.

The lush green Amphitheatre visible through

transparent glasses from the library creates an eco-

friendly and aesthetic ambience for the library users to

concentrate on and enjoy their reading.

MOOTING:

HNLU has a rich culture of mooting among the

students. To help, prepare and train the students in their

mooting exercises, the University has five State-of-the-

art Moot Court Halls carefully designed to match the

standards of the Supreme Court of India and the High

Courts. In addition to providing a conducive and

competitive environment, the university extends all

possible help and financial support to the students for

mooting. With the financial assistance received from

the Government of Chhattisgarh, the university spends

Rs. 1 crore every year for participation of students in

moot court competitions, seminars, conferences and

workshops at the national and international level. Our

students, on multiple occasions, have brought laurels to

the University by showing steely talent in various

prestigious moot court competitions. Further, the

university has also been regularly organizing since

2007 the Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot

Court Competition (HNMCC) on annual basis to

promote the culture of mooting among the students.

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FACULTY MEMBERS:

HNLU has a team of highly qualified, competent and

dedicated faculty members with diverse backgrounds

and areas of specialization. In addition to the classroom

teaching, the faculty members also attend to the

individual needs of students through mentoring and

consultation. For creating high quality academic

ambience so as to enable the students to strive for

perfection in their academic endeavours, the university

offers exhaustive, diverse and cross functional

curriculum to its students both at graduate and post-

graduate levels. To achieve the multifarious objectives,

the University regularly organizes national and

international seminars, conferences, moot court

competition and special guest lectures by eminent

academicians and professionals from within India and

abroad. The continuous assessment of students helps in

an honest evaluation of the true potential of students.

PLACEMENT:

Trained in various specialized areas of law, the young

law graduates from HNLU have represented

themselves in every sphere and spectrum of legal

profession. In addition to practicing in law courts in the

country including High Courts and the Supreme Court

of India as Counselors, they are working with the

corporate world, law firms and business houses as

trained legal professionals in business & corporate law,

International Trade Law, Investment Law, Taxation

Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Rights Law,

Environmental Laws, etc. HNLU has created a record

by placing its students through the recruitment

program. The recruiters with whom our students have

been working include Amarchand Mangaldas, Suresh

A. Shroff & Co., Anand & Anand, Axis Bank, AZB &

Partners, Bajaj Allianz, Corporate Law Group, Dave

and Girish & Co., Desai and Diwanji, DSK Legal, Dua

& Associates, Grant Thornton, Human Rights Law

Network, ILF Advocates, IndusLaw, Iyer and

Soonawala, Khaitan & Co., Lakshmikumaran &

Sridharan, Vaish & Associates, Majmudar & Co., Mind

Crest, Nishith Desai Associates, P&A Law Offices,

Pangea 3, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Quizlex, SDD

Global, Talwar Thakore and Associates, Wadia

Ghandy & Co. and Zeus Law Associates etc. The

students of HNLU have also been placed in

Government Organizations, NGOs, Public and Private

Sector Banks, International Organizations, Academic

Institutions, etc. Setting high standards in their

respective fields, they have become role models for

younger generation of students aspiring to pursue law

as a profession.

UNDER-GRADUATE PROGRAM

[B. A. LL. B. (HONS.)]

Eligibility:

The eligibility is as per CLAT- 2020 Notification. For

details please refer CLAT website.

Intake and Reservation

The intake capacity for the B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)

Programme shall ordinarily be 180 (One Hundred and

Eighty) with the following reservations. However, it

shall be at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor to

proportionately increase/decrease the total number of

seats:

Category No. of Seats

(All India)

No. of Seats

(Domicile of

Chhattisgarh)*

Scheduled

Caste 12 10

Scheduled

Tribe 06 26

OBC - 11

Unreserved 62 33

Total 80 80

160 (One Hundred Sixty)

Note: *As per ‘The Chhattisgarh Educational

Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2012 and

guidelines issued by Government of Chhattisgarh,

Higher Education Department on 24.05.2019.

5% seats shall be reserved horizontally for

Specially Abled Persons (SAP) at the all India

level according to The Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Act, 2016.

5% seats shall be reserved horizontally for the

Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and 3% Seats shall

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be reserved horizontally for Dependents of

Freedom Fighters (DFF) category of candidates

belonging to the State of Chhattisgarh only.

If a Chhattisgarh domicile candidate qualifies for

admission in the regular merit under all India

category, he/she shall be considered against the All

India seat only and not against Chhattisgarh

domicile seats.

30% seats shall be reserved horizontally for female

candidates across all categories of seats.

The allotment of seats to various CG Domicile

category candidates will be made as per the

Guidelines issued by the Government of

Chhattisgarh from time to time.

NRI / NRI Sponsored and Foreign National

Category Seats:

Sl.No. Category* Seats

1. NRI/NRI Sponsored 16

2. Foreign Nationals 4

Supernumerary Seats:

Sl.No. Category* Seats

1. Wards of Kashmiri Migrants 5

2. Students from Jammu &

Kashmir 2

* 1. For details regarding admission under

Foreign National, NRI/NRI Sponsored and the

Supernumerary seats for the Wards of Kashmiri

Migrants and Students from Jammu & Kashmir,

please visit the University website:

www.hnlu.ac.in. The candidates seeking

admission under the Foreign National category

will be required to apply directly to HNLU as

per Admission Notification to be posted on the

University website in May 2020. However, the

candidates seeking admission under the

NRI/NRI Sponsored category and

Supernumerary seats for the Wards of Kashmiri

Migrants & Students from Jammu & Kashmir

will have to apply for and appear in CLAT-

2020 under the respective categories. After the

publication of CLAT-2020 Result, the

interested and eligible candidates applied for

and appeared in CLAT-2020 under the

NRI/NRI Sponsored and Supernumerary seats

for the Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and

Students from Jammu & Kashmir will be

required to apply to HNLU in the prescribed

format to be posted on the university website in

the first week of May 2020 with their CLAT

Score/Rank and other required information and

documents.

Fee Structure for B.A. LL. B. (Hons.) (Annual Fees)

Particulars of

Fees

Amount of Fees

1. Admission Fee

(One Time)

Rs. 5,000/-

US $ 1000 for NRI/NRI

Sponsored Candidates &

Foreign Nationals

2. Tuition Fee Rs. 95,000 Indian

Nationals

US $ 4750 for NRI/NRI

Sponsored Candidates

US $ 6531 for Foreign

Nationals

3. Library Fees Rs. 7,500

4. Halls of Residence

Charges

Rs. 12,000

5. Internet Charges Rs. 5,000

6. Campus Devt.

Charge

Rs. 5,000

7. Charges for

Students’ Activities

Rs. 3,000

8. Students' Welfare

Fund

Rs. 1,500

9. Medical Fee Rs. 2000

10. Electricity Charges

Rs. 6000

11. Examination Fee Rs. 4000

12. Transportation

Charges

Rs. 4000

13. Caution Money

(Refundable)

Rs. 25,000/- (One-Time)

Total Rs. 1,75,000/-* (Rs. One

lakh seventy five

thousand only)

Note: * Total amount of fees to be paid by an Indian

national at the time of admission. The NRI/

NRI Sponsored Candidates will have to pay

USD 5750/- plus Rs. 75000/- and the Foreign

Nationals will have to pay USD 7531 plus Rs.

75,000/-.

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- Mess Fee Rs.13,650/- shall be payable

separately by the students on semester basis.

- The abovementioned fees are provisional and

subject to revision from time to time by the

university authorities.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

The Five-Year Integrated B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Program

offered by the University is in complete conformity

with the Bar Council of India Guidelines.

Semester – I Semester – II

Sl.

No.

Title of The

Paper

Sl.

No.

Title of The

Paper

1 One Major Paper* 1 One Major Paper*

2 Two Minor

Papers*

2 Two Minor

Papers*

3 Legal English /

English Literature

3 English Literature

/ Legal English

4 Legal Method 4 Law of Contract-II

5 Law of Contract-I 5 Family Law-I

Semester – III Semester – IV

1 One Major Paper* 1 Major Paper*

2 Two Minor

Papers*

2 CG - II

3 Law of Torts 3 Labour Law - I

4 Family Law-II 4 Environmental

Law

5 CG – I 5 TPA

6 Public Intl. Law

Semester – V Semester – VI

1 One Major Paper* 1 One Major Paper*

2 Labour Law - II 2 Jurisprudence - II

3 Jurisprudence - I 3 Corporate Law - II

4 Corporate Law - I 4 IPR

5 Principles of

Taxation Law

5 Administrative

Law

6 Indian Penal Code 6 ADR

Note: * Political Science is a major paper from

Semester I to VI. Economics & Sociology are minor

papers for the first three semesters.

Semester – VII Semester – VIII

1 Criminal

Procedure Code

1 Land Laws

2 Law of Evidence 2 DPC

3 Honours-I P1 3 Honours-1 P2

4 Honours-II P1 4 Honours-2 P2

5 Optional-P1 5 Optional-P2

Semester – IX Semester – X

1 Civil Procedure

Code

1 Professional

Ethics

2 Honours-I P3 2 Honours-I P4

3 Honours-II P3 3 Honours-II P4

4 Optional-P3 4 Optional – P5

5 Optional-P4 5 Optional – P6

List of Optional Papers*

Sl.

No.

Title of The Paper Sl.

No.

Title of The Paper

1 Biotechnology and

Law

13 International Space

Law

2 Banking Law 14 Law and Tribes

3 Competition Law 15 Law of

Infrastructure

4 Criminology and

Penology

16 Law of Insolvency

and Bankruptcy

5 Cyber Law 17 Law of Insurance

6 Energy Law 18 Law of Mines and

Industries

7 Human Rights 19 Maritime Law

8 Good Governance 20 Media and Law

9 Indirect Tax 21 Medicine and Law

10 Interpretation of

Statutes

22 W.T.O. studies

11 International

Commercial

Arbitration

23 Women and Law

12 International

Criminal Law

* The optional papers will be offered subject to the

availability of faculty having such specializations.

The University reserves the right to

increase/decrease the number of optional papers.

* Each student must opt six different optional papers

during his five years B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) course.

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List of Honours Papers

Sl.

No.

Title of The

Paper

Sl.

No.

Title of The Paper

1 Constitutional

Law

4 Intellectual Property

Laws

2 Corporate Law 5 Environmental Law

3 Trade and

Investment Law

6 Criminal Law

ONE-YEAR POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM (LL. M.)

HNLU offers one-year LL. M. Program spread over

two Semesters. The LL.M. program is designed to

inculcate research skills and analytical abilities in

students. In addition to classroom training imparted

through innovative teaching methods, the LL. M.

Program is focused on self-learning and research

conducted by the students under the guidance of the

faculty members.

Eligibility:

The eligibility is as per CLAT- 2020 Notification.

Intake and Reservation:

The intake capacity for the LL.M. Programme shall

ordinarily be 60 (Sixty) with the following

reservations. However, it shall be at the discretion of

the Vice Chancellor to proportionately

increase/decrease the total number of seats:

Sl.No. Category (All India) No. of Seats

1. Scheduled Caste 09

2. Scheduled Tribe 05

3. Unreserved 46

Total 60

Note:

5% seats shall be reserved horizontally for Specially

abled Persons (SAP)

30% seats shall be reserved horizontally for female

candidates across all the categories of seats.

Additional Seats

Sl.

No.

Category Seats

1. Supernumerary Seats for the

Wards of Kashimiri Migrants

02

2. Students from Jammu &

Kashmir

02

Fee Structure for LL. M. Program (Annual Fees)

Particulars of Fees Amount of Fees

1. Admission Fee Rs. 5,000 (One-Time)

2. Tuition Fee Rs. 35,000

3. Library Fees Rs. 7,500

4. Halls of Residence

Charges

Rs. 12,000

5. Internet Charges Rs. 5,000

6. Campus

Development Charge

Rs. 5,000

7. Students' Welfare

Fund

Rs. 2,000

8. Transportation

Charges

Rs. 4000

9. Medical Fee Rs. 2,000

10. Electricity Charges

Rs. 6000

11. Examination Fee for

thesis evaluation

Rs. 10,000 (One-Time)

12. Caution Money

(Refundable)

Rs. 10,000/- (One-

Time)

Total Rs. 1,03,500/-* (Rs.

One Lakh Three

Thousand Five

Hundred only)

Note: * Total amount of fees to be paid by a candidate

at the time of admission.

- Mess Fee Rs.13,650/- shall be payable

separately by the students on semester basis.

- The fees are provisional and subject to revision

from time to time by the university authorities.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

One Year LL.M. Program will follow the following

course structure:

First Semester

Sl.

No.

Title of The Paper

1 Core Course: Research Methods and Legal

Writing

2 Core Course: Comparative Public Law/Systems

of Governance

3 Optional Course: Paper-I

4 Optional Course: Paper - II

5 Optional Course: Paper - III

Second Semester

1 Core Course: Law and Justice in a Globalizing

World

2 Optional Course: Paper - IV

3 Optional Course: Paper - V

4 Optional Course: Paper - VI

5 Dissertation

6 Viva-Voce

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Specializations Offered in LL. M. Program

1. Corporate Law

2. Intellectual Property Rights Law

3. Environmental Law

4. Technology and Law

5. Public Law

The optional courses will be offered subject to the

availability of faculty and a minimum number of

students opting for such specializations. The University

reserves the right to increase/decrease the number of

specializations in LL.M. programme.

Ph.D. PROGRAM IN LAW

Ph.D. Program in Law has commenced at HNLU w.e.f.

academic session 2014-15 wherein admission of

research scholars is made strictly based on entrance test

conducted by the University separately.

Availability of Scholarships:

Students belonging to SC, ST and OBC category are

provided with scholarships from the Government of

India and Chhattisgarh. Further, the students belonging

to SAP and Minority Communities are also provided

with scholarship under various Government Schemes.

For further details, contact:

Registrar

Hidayatullah National Law University Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur –492002 (Chhattisgarh)

Phone: 0771-3057604

For query regarding admission: 0771- 3057617

E-mail: registrar@hnlu.ac.in, Website: www.hnlu.ac.in